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I have been trying all day to figure a way to automate the process of toggling on the new Windows 10 Mobile Hotspot setting, possibly using python 3, which you can find by navigating to Settings -> Network & Internet -> Mobile Hotspot -> The first toggle.

After spending almost the whole day, trying to find information such as, what registry key the toggle alters, to make it enable/disable the Mobile hotspot and googling to find articles that show some command prompt, power shell, etc. method to enable this this setting, I have been unsuccessful at finding a direct solution for automating the toggling of the toggle switch which either enables/ disables the Mobile Hotspot.

So I finally decided, to use a keypress module, pynput in python 3, to automate the key presses I would need to make to go and toggle the setting. So using this module I wrote the following script:

def enableMobileHotspot():
 keyboard = Controller()

 #Open Settings
 print("Opening Settings")
 keyboard.press(Key.cmd) #Key.cmd = Windows Key
 keyboard.press("i")
 keyboard.release(Key.cmd)
 keyboard.release("i")
 time.sleep(3)

 #Navigate to Network & Internet
 print("Navigating to Network & Internet")
 keyboard.press(Key.tab)
 keyboard.release(Key.tab)
 time.sleep(0.3) 
 keyboard.press(Key.right)
 time.sleep(0.3) 
 keyboard.release(Key.right)
 time.sleep(0.3) 
 keyboard.press(Key.right)
 keyboard.release(Key.right)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.right)
 keyboard.release(Key.right)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.enter)
 keyboard.release(Key.enter)
 time.sleep(1)

 #Navigate to Mobile hotspot
 print("Navigating to Mobile Hotspot")
 keyboard.press(Key.tab)
 keyboard.release(Key.tab)
 time.sleep(0.3) 
 keyboard.press(Key.down)
 keyboard.release(Key.down)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.down)
 keyboard.release(Key.down)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.down)
 keyboard.release(Key.down)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.down)
 keyboard.release(Key.down)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.down)
 keyboard.release(Key.down)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.down)
 keyboard.release(Key.down)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.enter)
 keyboard.release(Key.enter)
 time.sleep(15)

 #Go To Toggle and Enable/ Disable Toggle 
 print("Navigating to Toggle and Enabling Mobile Hotspot")
 keyboard.press(Key.tab)
 keyboard.release(Key.tab)
 time.sleep(0.3)
 keyboard.press(Key.space)
 keyboard.release(Key.space)
 time.sleep(15)

 # Close Setting Window
 print("Closing Settings")
 keyboard.press(Key.alt)
 keyboard.press(Key.f4)
 keyboard.release(Key.alt)
 keyboard.release(Key.f4)

enableMobileHotspot()

The issue, I am facing with this script is that for some reason the command keyboard.press(Key.right) just doesn't seem to work, for the Navigate to Network & Internet process, as after executing the "tab" key press command, it simply stuck on the first settings option, i.e. System. This is bad, because then the rest of the key press commands are occurring on the wrong settings.

I thought the issue may possibly be due to the key being pressed and released quite quickly, and therefore I tried to put some `time.sleep()' between the commands, but even that doesn't help.

I only need this script to ensure my laptop can automatically toggle the option, when its been restarted, as I use it to extend the WiFi at home.

If anybody has a solution as to why the right key command is not working I would really appreciate the help.

Thank you.